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Article
Respiratory arrest in a child after flushing of pancuronium from the dead space of intravenous cannula
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Publication Date
10-1-2002
Document Type
Case Report
Disciplines
Abstract
It is common practice for patients admitted to Intensive Care Units to have indwelling intravenous cannulae. Sometimes these cannulae are used only for the administration of drugs and are closed otherwise. Residual drugs in the deadspace of these intravenous cannulae as well as connected stoppers or 3-way stopcocks can later be flushed unknowingly. We would like to report a case in which inadvertent flushing of residual pancuronium caused complete muscle paralysis and respiratory arrest in a young child.
Citation Information
Robyna Irshad Khan, Fazal Hameed Khan and Hamid Iqil Naqvi. "Respiratory arrest in a child after flushing of pancuronium from the dead space of intravenous cannula" JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 52 Iss. 10 (2002) p. 487 - 488 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/fazal_hameed/35/